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An antiques expert from the TV show Bargain Hunt has been charged by police following an investigation into terrorist financing.Oghenochuko ‘Ochuko’ Ojiri, 53, is accused of eight counts of “failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector”, the Met Police said. The force said he was the first person to be charged with that specific offence under the Terrorism Act 2000.Mr Ojiri, from west London, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday. It comes “following an investigation into terrorist financing” and relates to the period from October 2020 to December 2021,…

The US and UK have agreed the terms for a trade deal, Sky News understands.A government source has told Sky’s deputy political editor Sam Coates that initial reports about the agreement in The New York Times are correct. Coates says he understands a “heads of terms” agreement, essentially a preliminary arrangement, has been agreed which is a “substantive” step towards a full deal.Sky News business correspondent Paul Kelso understands the UK has agreed to give some concessions on food and agriculture imports from the United States to secure an easing of export tariffs for the car industry.The details of this…

Producer Giles Martin has said plans to allow AI firms to use artists’ work without permission, unless creators opt out, is like criminals being given free rein to burgle houses unless they are specifically told not to.Martin, who is the son of Beatles producer George Martin and worked with Sir Paul McCartney on the Get Back documentary series and the 2023 Beatles track Now And Then, spoke to Sky News at a UK Music protest at Westminster coinciding with a parliamentary debate on the issue. Under the plans, an exemption to copyright would be created for training artificial intelligence (AI),…

Sir David Attenborough’s latest film is “the biggest message he’s ever told”, its directors have said – with one telling Sky News the broadcaster’s final words on saving the world’s oceans brought him to tears.Ocean With David Attenborough, released in cinemas this week to mark the broadcaster’s 99th birthday on Thursday, mirrors his lifetime as it takes viewers through 100 years of discoveries about Earth’s seas. The presenter hopes the film could help protect the planet from climate change.He filmed with crew members over two years to show coral reefs, kelp forests and the open seas, to show why healthy…

A British start-up which enables companies to ‘self-host’ their artificial intelligence functions will this week announce that it has raised nearly £10m in a round led by one of Europe’s leading venture capital firms.Sky News understands that Doubleword – previously called TitanML – has secured the funding from Dawn Capital, a backer of successful technology companies including Mimecast and iZettle. Doubleword was set up to tackle what is known among tech experts as the ‘inference problem’, with AI becoming increasingly central to companies’ interactions with customers, suppliers and other stakeholders.Money latest: Uber making big changes to how you payInference refers…

The cyber attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods should be a “wake-up call”, a cabinet minister has warned as he announced a cybersecurity investment boost.The attacks have seen empty shelves and an inability to pay by contactless card or place online orders over the past fortnight. Cabinet minister Pat McFadden spoke at CyberUK on Wednesday, a government-organised gathering of tech experts and business leaders in Manchester.He said: “Cyber attacks are not a game. Not a clever exercise. They are serious organised crime.”The purpose is to damage and extort. The digital version of an old-fashioned shake-down. “Either straight theft or a…

Some of the world’s most famous names were at the Met Gala in New York for what has become known as the biggest night in fashion.Each year, A-list celebrities provide plenty of talking points as they pose for the world’s press in outfits that are often as stylish as they are bizarre. The annual event ushers in the Costume Institute’s spring exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.This year’s theme was “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” celebrating the style, politics and history of the way black men dress.Diana Ross, Lewis Hamilton, Sabrina Carpenter and Alicia Keys were among the celebrities in…

Deliveroo has agreed terms for a £2.9bn takeover by US-based delivery platform DoorDash.It emerged just over a week ago that a deal was on the table. DoorDash said on Tuesday that its 180p-per-share offer was final though it reserved the right to raise it should a rival bidder emerge.Money latest: Your rights if a taxi is lateThe offer represented a 44% premium to the value of Deliveroo’s shares on 4 April – the day before it approached the company with its takeover proposals. The offer, which was unanimously agreed by an independent board, is being recommended to shareholders.Deliveroo co-founder and…

A M&S insider has told Sky News it could be “months” before the retailer fully recovers from an ongoing, severe cyber attack – and that the company had no plan for such an incident.Hackers have been holding the High Street brand to ransom for more than a week now, forcing it to suspend online orders and halt recruitment. An employee at M&S’s head office, who spoke to Sky News on condition of anonymity, said that last week had been “just pure chaos”.”We didn’t have any business continuity plan [for this], we didn’t have a cyber attack plan,” the source said.”In…

Donald Trump has said he will target films made outside of the US as part of his ongoing tariff war.The US president said the country’s movie industry was “dying a very fast death”. He complained that other countries were “offering all sorts of incentives to draw” filmmakers and film studios away from the United States.In a post on his social media site Truth Social, he said this was a “concerted effort by other nations and, therefore, a national security threat”.Mr Trump said he had authorised the Department for Commerce and the office of the US trade representative to put a…